The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-19
n TERRIBLE FIGHT

honor of England, which has been 50 grievously
furnished by past misconduct in Ireland.
n TERRIBLE FIGHT
Eight Liens and their Trainer Battling In n
Cage-One Lion Killed.
Copyright, 1887. BY The Sun Printing and Pubfshino
As,ocidton.
LONDON, Oct 18-Early this morning there
was q fearful and exciting battle In tho Jubilee
Exhibition at Liverpool. Delmonico. the
most plucky tanner Of beasts, has been excit-
ing the nerves Of the visitors for long time
by trifiing in cage with three big forest lions
Five moro lions Of different kind, but very
big also, arrived from Africa yesterday, and
were put at once into the big cage with the
three already at home there. They had no
training, but Delmonico went in among them
and thrilled tho crowd that filed the menagerie
BY an unusually sensational performance.
When he had done. Mile. Kora, his partner,
went in with the lions and took a little dog.
This was repeated four times during tho day,
and the five new lions were too much stunned
by tho huge. noisy crowd about them and the
repeated visits Of the lady, gentleman, and dog.
to think Of anything else. Their astonishment
had not worn OF. and they were still quiet when
left alone for the night by the attendants at 10
o'clock.
Shortly after midnight, however. tho menag-
erie was filed with q frightful roaring and
snarling, and a servant sleeping on the prem
ises rushed In to find the big iron cage rock
ing. and the eight lions fighting fuIiously
rolled up into huge dark ball from which
the blood-stained fur was flying In all direc-
tions. The huge beasts rolled over and over
dashing madly against the sides Of the cage
and biting pieces out of each other with u
ferocity that was sickening. All the sights
organized to crafty mans fondness for fight
ing would have seemed the tamest child's play
In comparison.
After a while 1t became evident that there
were two distinct sides in the battle and the
new arrivals were pitted at unfair odds against
the lions who had been In possession. The
efforts Of the servant to separate them only In
creased their fury. and at last he rushed of
for Delmonico. who was asleep near by In
Edge lane. Tho tanner arrived half clad and
found his lions bleeding fearfully but still
fighting.
The battle was narrowing down to duel be-
tween two of the biggest lions, which were
rapidly biting each other to pieces in the
middle of the cage. Occasionally the battle
became general. and for q few seconds there
would be a wild tumble Of snarlng lions with
savage crunching Of teeth to tell how the
flesh was being torn. The appearance Of Del
monico with o red hot iron produced an effect,
and all but the two chief combatants stopped
fighting and crouched sullenly down. licking
their bloody wounds and snarling encourage
mont to the two leaders.
On these In their rage hot iron was useless,
even whom applied to raw flesh. The lions re-
sponded to the burning sensation only by tear
ing away at each other more fiercely.
At last Delmonico. fearing he would lose his
two greatest actors. took q resolution which
would probably not have occurred to any other
man II the existence Of the entire animal crea-
tion had been threatened. He entered the cage
half clad as he was and shut himself in. He
noxt opened q door communicating with Sec
ond cage and drove into it like 80 many sheep
the six lions that had been looking on.
Meanwhile the other lions were still fighting.
although much weaker. Delmonico's attempts
to separate them wero useless They paid not
the slightest attention to him, and although in
their struggles they dashed against him. they
were evidently unconscious OF his presence.
Before the tanner could form any plan to
separate them the fight ended OF itself. The
big forest lion. who had been defending his
homo against the five strangers. rolled over on
his back, growled family. and died as the other
seized him again by the throat. One of the
front legs was gnawed of completely. a hind leg
was chewed to q pulp. all Of the name and most
OF the neck were bitten away and the body was
covered with blood. as was the entire cage.
There was not on the dead lion any unbitten
whole piece of skin large enough to have made
a glove He had fought for his rights just as
long as he had been able to work his teeth and
claws.
Tho victor seemed at first inclined to dash
at the tanner and at the lions in the neighbor-
Ing cage but he changed his mind under Del
monico's eye, and after weak hut triumphant
roar over the body OF his victim he retired into
o corner and moaned over his wounds. Al
though conQuerer, he was not to be envied.
His name was gone and his body looked
as though an especially wicked harrow had
been repeatedly dragged over it, Blood trickled
from n hundred ugly wounds. and there is little
hope that he will live. Curiously enough. not
one OF the lions had its tail bitten Off In the
fray. which seems to indicate that some code
of honor exists among lions which prevents
them from making each other ridiculous even
in the deadliest combat
The other six lions will live. but they were 80
badly bitten that only two could be patched up
to perform to-day. and their mangled appear
ance terrified Mile. Kora's little dog out OF all
recollection Of his role. The loss II the second
lion dies will be about f400. In any case he
will always remain a damaged lion.
A wOman's Body, Which May be the OnIy
Trace or "a Loaf Canal BOat.
NEwDuRGH, Oct. 1s.-The body Of woman
was found floating In the Hudson River Cornwall this
morning. Articles apparently from canal boat were
also found near BY and IL Ia supposed that canal boat
was sunk in the neighSorhood The dead woman had
on NO hat or shoes The body had been In the water
Air getting in the clothing kept the body from fns